How to replace a valve cover gasket – BMW N54 335i

Tara had a burning smell coming from her air vents and an inspection at BMW found a leaking valve cover gasket. To save $1500, she does this DIY, ordering the part from ECS Turning for under $50. It is quite a challenging repair that took several hours. It is recommended that you replace other parts, but in this video, only the gasket is replaced.

This is the link for gasket:
https://click.linksynergy.com/link?id=0I4wSlFNQLk&offerid=580643.12221623274&type=2&murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ecstuning.com%2Fb-genuine-bmw-parts%2Fvalve-cover-gasket%2F11127565286%2F

Its weird that a $50 item can be charged $1500 to repair but the 5 hours work is a lot of time…thankful to the university of youtube…you can go at your own rate and simply reverse the actions to reinstall everything….you didn't mention torch settings on the head when replacing but its easy enough to find out…just the fact an owner can do it themselves is help enough.

Ahh, the joy of Euro cars; torx bolts everywhere and parts stacked on each other like a game of Jenga. You did a great job Tara, but if you had a dirty Nissan with an RB25 or SR20, you could have finished in 40 minutes max. 😉

Well done. It was well explained and great shots. The feeling of fixing a problem in your car and learning how things work, makes me feel it’s more pleasure than a hassle. It’s not fun all the time tho lol